Duty Vs. Personal Retribution

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, duty is some kind of personal responsibility to save, protect, or prosecute the residents of Salem, Massachusetts. These duties range from personal retribution to trying to protect reputations to trying save family members and neighbors from the court. Their goals, actions, and obligations depended on the individual?s religious sanctity, personality, and sometimes their position in society. A 17-year old girl, fired by lust for a married member of …

…duty around getting the attention of Proctor so that they could be together. Reverend Hale changed his duty as he saw more clearly the situation before him. Judge Danforth refused to see this change. His duty to the safety of the citizens of Salem was not successful. Their backgrounds and histories influenced themselves and the other citizens of the Salem, Massachsetts. These explosive characters became the authority figures of the theocracy despite their ulterior motives.